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What is DDoS? Understanding the Basics of Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks

How DDoS Attacks Work: A Step-by-Step Explanation DDoS, or Distributed Denial-of-Service, attacks are a type of cyber attack that aims to make a targeted website or online service unavailable to its users. These attacks are carried out by flooding the target with a massive volume of traffic or requests, overwhelming its resources and causing it to crash or become unresponsive.…